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طرن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a type of silk fabric, specifically a kind of brocade or patterned silk. It also has a less common, figurative usage related to intoxication and confusion.

Derived headwords

الطُّرْنnoun
  1. 1.
    Brocade/silk fabricclassical

    A type of silk fabric, often described as a kind of brocade or patterned silk.

الطَّارُونِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of brocadeclassical

    A specific kind or variety of the fabric referred to as 'al-turun'.

طَرِنَverb
  1. 1.
    To be confused/intoxicatedclassical

    To become mixed up or confused, particularly due to intoxication from drinking.

طَرِينadjective
  1. 1.
    Intoxicated/confusedclassical

    Describing a state of being mixed up or confused, often as a result of drinking and intoxication.

طَرِيمadjective
  1. 1.
    Intoxicated/confusedclassical

    Similar to 'tarin', describing someone who is mixed up or confused due to intoxication.

Parallel reading

الطرن والطاروني: ضرب من الخز.
Al-turun and al-taruni: a type of silk.
الطرن الخز
Al-turun is silk.
والطاروني ضرب منه
And al-taruni is a type of it (silk).
طرين الشرب
Confused from drinking.
وطريموا إذا اختلطوا من السكر
And they became confused if they mixed (became mixed up) from intoxication.